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CVE-2016-7542
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-30T14:59:00.197 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:13.343

Summary

A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.

Affected products

fortinet — fortios

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References

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